These popular and highly collectible 5 oz America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coin series have captured the imagination of investors and collectors alike. Add this great looking coin to your collection today!

The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising about 750 feet (230 m) from the floor of the San Luis Valley on the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Range, covering about 19,000 acres (7,700 ha). Researchers say that the dunes started forming less than 440,000 years ago.

America The Beautiful 5 oz Coin Series (2010 – 2021)In 2010, the United States Mint launched the America The Beautiful Quarter series, the mint’s first-ever 5 ounce coin and their largest Silver bullion coin to-date. The new quarter series includes a total of 56 quarter-dollar coins, each with a design of a National Park or National Site from one of the 50 states, five U.S. Territories and Washington D.C. The obverse design of each 5 oz Silver America The Beautiful coin duplicates the design of the America the Beautiful clad quarters used in circulation, except in greater detail. The mint makes two versions of the America the Beautiful 5 oz Silver coin: a Bullion version with a shiny prooflike finish made for investors and an Uncirculated, or Burnished, version with a matte-like finish made for collectors. The Burnished version features the "P" mintmark for the Philadelphia Mint and includes a U.S. Mint box and certificate of authenticity. The Bullion version does not have a mintmark and comes in a plastic capsule with no certificate of authenticity. The Bullion versions have higher mintages and are available to the public only through authorized bullion dealers like APMEX, while the Uncirculated versions have much lower mintages and are available through the U.S. Mint directly, as well as retailers like APMEX.

All America The Beautiful 5 oz Silver coins have the same obverse of George Washington in a restored version of the portrait created by John Flanagan for the 1932 Washington Quarter. The reverse of each America The Beautiful Quarter includes an individual design for each National Park or National Site. Unlike the reeded edge of the normal quarter coins in circulation, the America The Beautiful Silver bullion coins have a smooth edge inscribed with the coin specifications: .999 FINE SILVER 5.0 OUNCE.

The America The Beautiful program is authorized by Congress under Title II of the America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008.

Nothing Like These Beauties

Another beautiful coin in this unique series! Not only a great set of coins to honor our Country's national parks, but a great way to own silver -- win-win all the way! Secure discreet packaging from APMEX as always!

Pros

Value (low premium over spot)

Attractive Design

Collectible (lower mintage)

Easy to Sell

Mint Condition

Recognized Brand

Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.

Posted By:displeased

From:nyc

Date:Mar 28, 2016

worst piece I ever recieved

ordered a BU encapsuleated (aprox. 80 dollars over spot).Recieved an un-encapsulated scruffy piece. This was about my 40 th order, first time a problem..Customer service useless. I will still buy from apmex, but little things mean a lot. We all make errors but the rep. just was. I don't know..OUT TO LUNCH!

Cons

Hard to Sell

Poor Condition

Bottom Line

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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Posted By:brted

From:Atlanta, GA

Date:Aug 2, 2015

Lower mintage coin from a nice series

I got this one on sale at APMEX. This isn't a well known park, but the mintage on Great Sand Dunes was very low, so hopefully the value will go up. The design isn't the most exciting, but I don't think it's bad at all. The coin is pretty clean, though like most of the others, the blank areas seem a little dusty (not actual dust). No streaks. And it is great that APMEX ships these in a capsule while most sellers do not.

Pros

Value (low premium over spot)

Attractive Design

Collectible (lower mintage)

Recognized Brand

Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.

Posted By:Casey R

From:South Florida, USA

Date:Jul 6, 2015

Love the detail!

Got my 2014 5 Oz Sand Dunes coin today, and I am VERY impressed! The finish on the bullion version is fantastic, and I received an excellent strike. Crisp details, it has a shine unlike my 2015 ATB 5 Oz coins.
Has a lower mintage than most, and I feel that that will help this increase in value later on. APMEX sent it in an air tite, which is such a nice bonus.
I buy some items via credit card and some by personal check, and have found APMEX does a fantastic job processing both. They have a winning formula when it comes to logistics.

WOW Graded MS69 DMPL

Always hoping ATB 5oz will grade at least MS68. So when one comes back from ANACS as MS69 I am quite happy, let alone DMPL! Carefully handling these straight out of tubes and packaging these early can make quite a difference as they can mark easy due to the size and weight if not handled properly.

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